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This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had a couple of new members joining.
This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had a couple of new members joining.


https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Renault from France mentored by Mathieu Bridon
[[User:Nunor5|Nunor5]] from Portugal mentored by [[User:Robert|Robert Scheck]]


[[User:Mileskjeller|Miles Kjeller]] from the United Kingdom mentored by [[User:MooDoo|Paul Mellors]]
[[User:Tosin|Tosin Oduwole]] from Nigeria mentored by [[User:Robert|Robert Scheck]]


[[User:Xm4nfedoralinux|Xavier]] from the USA mentored by [[User:Lcafiero|Larry Cafiero]]
[[User:Shapsough|Eslam Shapsough]] from Jordan mentored by Bert Desmet


[[User:Arifiauo|Arif]] from Indonesia mentored by Caius C. Chance
[[User:Lucassql|Lucas Augusto Brito de Oliveira]] from Brazil
 
[[User:Fdaluisio|Francesco (zerodev) D'Aluisio]] from Italy mentored by [[User:Robert|Robert Scheck]]


=== Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ===
=== Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list ===

Revision as of 12:43, 8 December 2010

Ambassadors

This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Ambassadors Project[1].

Contributing Writer: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

Welcome New Ambassadors

This week the Fedora Ambassadors Project had a couple of new members joining.

Nunor5 from Portugal mentored by Robert Scheck

Tosin Oduwole from Nigeria mentored by Robert Scheck

Eslam Shapsough from Jordan mentored by Bert Desmet

Lucas Augusto Brito de Oliveira from Brazil

Summary of traffic on Ambassadors mailing list

David Ramsey informed [1] about Fedora pulling ahead of Ubuntu in rankings [2]. Christoph Wickert explained [3] that it was possible due to the Fedora 14 release within the timeframe of the past month. The thread [4] had some further conversations around the focus of Fedora and Ubuntu and the general perceptions.

Heherson Pagcaliwagan informed [5] about the meeting for Fedora Ambassadors in the APAC region on 2010-11-21 at 0300 UTC. The proposed agenda [6] was also posted

Marcus Moeller invited [7] all those who live nearby or, liked to travel to join the LinuxDay 2010 at Dornbirn, Austria

Christoph Wickert informed [8] the Ambassadors about the second FAmSCo Election IRC Townhall scheduled for 2010-11-19 at 1000 UTC. The logs to the first townhall were also referenced [9] Susmit Shannigrahi provided [10] the list of the questions asked in the first meeting to ensure that the candidates are asked similar questions. However, as Christoph was unable to moderate the meeting [11] as he would be traveling he called for volunteers and provided the scope of duties

Harish Pillay provided details [12] about Fedora 14 Launch in Singapore on 2010-11-29

Ryan Rix posted [13] minutes and logs of the FAmSCo Townhall meeting

Larry Cafiero posted a query [14] around an issue raised at the second FAmSCo Townhall pertaining to "upgrade ambassadors to superambassadors" The following thread [15] had clarifications from Caius 'kaio' Chance and others about the proposal and objective

Abdel G. Martínez L invited all [16] to be part of FUDCon Panama 2011 [17]

Buddhika Kurera proposed [18] a T-shirt design [19] for Ambassadors in APAC. Matthias Kranz pointed to the existing page on a similar issue [20] and Mathieu Bridon asked about the possibility of reusing the design that is used in EMEA [21] The thread [22] has more discussion about designs and other possibilities of "Ambassador wear"

Joerg Simon posted [23] Meeting Minutes [24] from FAD EMEA 2010 at Rheinfelden along with a few photographs [25]

Caius 'kaio' Chance asked [26] whether the Meetup at Beijing on 2010-11-14 [27] could be called a FAD

Robyn Bergeron posted [28] Voting Information about the Fedora Board, FESCo and FAmSCo elections

  1. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016223.html
  2. http://distrowatch.com/stats.php?section=popularity
  3. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016224.html
  4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/thread.html#16223
  5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016230.html
  6. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2010-11-21
  7. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016237.html
  8. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016238.html
  9. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-townhall/2010-11-16/fedora-townhall.2010-11-16-16.47.html
  10. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016239.html
  11. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016242.html
  12. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016241.html
  13. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016243.html
  14. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016252.html
  15. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/thread.html#16252
  16. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016258.html
  17. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Panama_2011
  18. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016262.html
  19. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bckurera/APAC-shirts
  20. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/T-Shirt
  21. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/PoloShirt
  22. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/thread.html#16262
  23. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016312.html
  24. http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-fad/2010-11-20/fedora_emea_fad_2010.2010-11-20-09.56.html
  25. http://jsimon.fedorapeople.org/events/2010/FAD_Rheinfelden/
  26. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016324.html
  27. http://linuxtoy.org/archives/fedora-user-group-beijing-fest.html
  28. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/ambassadors/2010-November/016325.html

Summary of traffic on FAmSCo mailing list

Joerg Simon posted a request [1] asking a review of the FAmSCo Report 2010 [2] Susmit Shannigrahi pointed out a few corrections [3] and asked about the need to do a Publican report which he subsequently posted [4]. Max Spevack informed [5] about updating the budget page [6]

Joerg Simon informed [7] about the onset of the FAmSCo election period expressed hope about helping the new team with the transition. Paul W Frields took time to thank the current FAmSCo [8] and noted the exceptional impact it continues to make on the community

Joerg Simon set up the process [9] to decommission the former FAmSCo

Paul W Frields mentioned [10] that being no longer the Fedora Project Leader, the new FAmSCo should feel free to consider removing him from the FAmSCo list

Joerg Simon responded [11] to a sponsorship request around FOSDEM'11 and provided his opinions on the FAmSCo list

Pierros Papadeas posted [12] the agenda for the FAmSCo meeting on 2010-12-11. The thread [13] has discussions about other items as suggested by members of the new FAmSCo

Max Spevack requested [14] that Harish Pillay be provided view access to the tickets on the FAmSCo trac instance as he is the primary point of contact for budget stuff in the APAC region. Joerg Simon informed about it being done [15]